"I am preoccupied with avoiding mission creep, avoiding an open-ended, very large scale commitment in this respect ... The last thing this country needs is another exercise in nationbuilding." And he basically threatened to resign if the White House somehow decided to send ground forces into Libya: "Not as long as I'm in this job,"

If this isn't widely reported, well, it's because it's not their scoop. Y'know, in the same way that Monica's semen-stained dress, the missing FBI files, various Clinton rapes, and anything other than Ken Starr's budget were not their scoop during the 1990s.

Gates is going to be handed a cardboard box to clean out his tent pretty soon.